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Darrell! You are so good at putting complex dynamics and history into concise and engaging prose. I hope everyone reads this, and supports more homes and shelter beds in San Francisco, as quickly as possible.

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Making it concise is the idea! Thank you!

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Best summary of the homeless problem that I have ever seen. Thank you Darrell.

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Thats the idea!

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Thank you for not assuming that history began in 1990, as so many people seem to do. Honestly, people were complaining about the hippies that were homeless and quasi-homeless back in the 1960s, and I'm betting the beatniks of the 1950s got some grief too. Before that, well, I can't rely on my own memory and I've have to go dig up back issues of the Chronicle.

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Right! Ultimately people have to decide if pretty old houses are more important than housing people.

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